Medical negligence – mismanagement of birth resulting in cerebral palsy. Child F was formally diagnosed with cerebral palsy on 26 March 2019. Solicitor had obtained some records and on the basis of those lodged an application and obtained funding for opinions from an obstetrician, paediatric neurologist and paediatric radiologist.

Law Aid funded further records and extensive expert opinions which concluded F’s condition was not considered to result from injury at birth but from other complex issues including genetics. After these investigations F’s parents accepted that F’s injuries were not due to negligence and their concerns about management of her birth were alleviated. Funded disbursements were not required by Law Aid to be repaid.

Despite A consulting GPs and a cardiologist over a four-year period, his doctors failed to diagnose a cardiac condition.

A ultimately suffered a cardiac arrest causing hypoxic brain insult, rendering him wheelchair bound and with cognitive disabilities.

Records and expert opinions funded by Law Aid supported failures to appropriately refer A for further
investigations of his ongoing cardiac symptoms and supported that had early intervention occurred the arrest, the cause of his catastrophic injuries, would have been avoided.

Assessments and quantum reports funded by Law Aid provided support for a significant claim which resolved for $4 million plus costs.

S, a self-employed electrician, approached his solicitor about severe and multiple injuries he sustained when his motor bike was struck by a vehicle unlawfully entering the highway in his path.

Law Aid funded disbursements in S’s application for a serious injury certificate and his subsequent common law claim including medical records, treaters’ reports, and expert reports from medical practitioners and a forensic accountant.

The certificate was granted and S’s subsequent claim resolved for $700,000 plus costs.

M suffered back pain following a fall. Conservative management over ensuing months did not improve her worsening pain, and she underwent spinal surgery to relieve symptoms.

Following the surgery M was diagnosed C5 ASIA C quadriplegia rendering her non-ambulant with no further prospect of improvement.

Law Aid funded expert opinions which supported negligence and causation – inappropriate surgical technique and deficient post-surgical management.

Assessments and numerous quantum reports were also funded. M’s claim resolved for $11 million plus costs.